'Gifted' dogs able to remember names of a dozen toys

Gifted dogs able to remember names of a dozen toys (Sonja De Laat Spierings/PA)

While most people will have experienced forgetting the name of someone they have just met, “gifted” dogs are able to remember the names of new toys two months later, researchers have found.

Scientists examined the ‎ability of six collies, identified through the Genius Dog Challenge, to learn the names of toys.